Draft Profile: Stephen Hill – WR

OVERVIEW
Hill is an early entry junior receiver out of Georgia Tech who started consistently for the past two years and was the sole deep threat in a run-first offense. He has great length and an outstanding catch radius, which along with his speed make him a serious deep-threat option in the NFL. He has a thin frame and will be hurt by the fact that he ran a very basic route tree at Georgia Tech, and teams won’t be able to utilize him for much more than go routes at this point in his career. He is a splash player who was No. 1 in the nation in yards per catch; he has fourth-round value based off his all-around body of work but could impress a team with his size and speed enough to ascend significantly throughout the pre-draft process. If the rest of his game can catch up to the ability he shows in the deep passing game, Hill could be the sleeper of this year’s draft.

STRENGTHS
Hill will be a legitimate deep threat at the next level — by recording nearly 30 yards per catch as a senior, he showed he was capable of going deep and scoring on every play. He consistently runs past corners on deep routes and is impressive at the point of the catch, as he is able to lay out for the ball or rise above his defender. Hill is a very good blocker who uses his length well and surprisingly doesn’t get off-balance often, something that is usually evident of players with his frame. Though it’s risky to throw early comparisons of Hall-of-Fame-caliber players on prospects that don’t even garner first-round consideration, Hill could remind some of Randy Moss when it comes to running a pure, one-on-one deep route.

WEAKNESSES
Hill’s value is based purely off his ability as a deep threat. He has average quickness and moves off the line of scrimmage to avoid a jam. He ran a very basic route tree at Georgia Tech that didn’t allow him to showcase many skills. Outside of catching jump balls, he struggles to read coverages and understand how to find holes in a zone. Hill looks uncomfortable with the ball in his hands and resembles a lengthy track star on the field instead of a football player. He dropped as many big balls as he made big plays; his YPC stat defines him perfectly as a player who is capable of making flash plays but isn’t reliable.

Source: NFL.com

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i wish that i could say he is a 1st round talent but i was just watching game tape on youtube earlier against Georgia and he looked really inconsistent catching the dropping nearly as many balls as he caught. This could be from the lousy QB play at Georgia Tech but i see it part on him. I would draft him early to mid 2nd round.